Abstract: An electronic device including a circuit layer, an electronic element, a first flow-path structure and a fluid material is disclosed. The electronic element is disposed on the circuit layer and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The first flow-path structure includes a first flow path, and the electronic element is disposed in the first flow-path structure. The fluid material is disposed in the first flow path. The fluid material is used for performing heat exchange with the electronic element. The circuit layer includes an input hole and an output hole, and the fluid material enters the first flow path through the input hole and exits the first flow path through the output hole.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one electronic circuit, a scan line, and a scan signal conversion circuit. The scan line transmits a first scan signal. The scan signal conversion circuit is electrically connected to the at least one electronic circuit and the scan line. The scan signal conversion circuit receives the first scan signal, converts the first scan signal into a second scan signal, and provides the second scan signal to the at least one electronic circuit.

Abstract: An electronic package is provided and includes: a carrier structure, an electronic component disposed on the carrier structure, a heat dissipation structure disposed on the electronic component, a heat conductor sandwiched between the electronic component and the heat dissipation structure, a first intermetallic compound layer formed between the heat dissipation structure and the heat conductor, and a second intermetallic compound layer formed between the heat conductor and the electronic component. Therefore, stable connections can be formed between the heat dissipation structure, the heat conductor and the electronic component via the first intermetallic compound layer and the second intermetallic compound layer to improve heat dissipation effect.

Abstract: In some aspects of the present disclosure, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit is disclosed. In some aspects, the ESD protection circuit includes a first transistor coupled to a pad, a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and ground, a stack of transistors coupled to the first transistor, and an ESD clamp coupled between the stack of transistors and the ground.

Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot and an operating method thereof are provided. The autonomous mobile robot includes a movement module, a detection module, a control module and an interaction module. The control module includes a determination unit and a navigation unit. The determination unit determines whether there is an obstacle near or on a predetermined path of the autonomous mobile robot according to the environment information. When the obstacle is on the predetermined path, the navigation unit decides an obstacle avoidance strategy according to the environment information and the type of the obstacle. The obstacle avoidance strategy at least includes moving along a side path, stopping aside to yield, moving backward and stopping at a yielding point to yield, and detouring. When the obstacle is near or on the predetermined path, the interaction module performs an interaction action according to the obstacle avoidance strategy and the type of the obstacle.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a semiconductor stack, including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active area between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer includes an upper surface; a plurality of exposed regions, formed in the semiconductor stack and exposing the upper surface; a lower protective layer, covering the exposed regions and the second semiconductor layer; a first reflective structure, formed on the second semiconductor layer and including a plurality of first openings on the second semiconductor layer; a second reflective structure, formed on the first reflective structure and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer through the plurality of first openings; and an upper protective layer, formed on the second reflective structure; wherein the upper protective layer contacts and overlaps the lower protective layer on the exposed regions; wherein the first reflective structure and the

Abstract: A caregiving robot and a caregiving system and method employing the same are provided. The caregiving robot includes a movement module, an interaction module and a control module. The interaction module receives an input instruction from the caregiver, and the input instruction includes an identity information and a target location information of the care recipient and a caregiving task information. During execution of the caregiving task, the control module controls the movement module to make the caregiving robot move to a target location according to the target location information. When the caregiving robot arrives at the target location, the control module controls the interaction module to interact with the care recipient according to the caregiving task information so as to collect health status input from the care recipient, and generates a status report accordingly. The status report includes health status information and status evaluation information of the care recipient.

Abstract: An infrared sensor uses an infrared lens with infrared filtering and focusing functions. Thus, an infrared filter can be omitted to reduce the costs and volume. In addition, a getter on the inside of a metal cover of the infrared sensor can be activated when the metal cover is soldered to the substrate of the infrared sensor. Therefore, the packaging process of the infrared sensor can be simplified.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein in which boot firmware validated by secure flash memory validates read-only portions of firmware stored by the firmware or a downloaded image of the read-only portions. The secure flash memory validates a portion of the firmware, which includes the boot firmware and a reference hash of the read-only portions, by comparing a calculated hash of the portion and the reference hash of the portion. The boot firmware initiates a boot of the firmware and validates the read-only portions (or the downloaded image of the read-only portions) by comparing a calculated hash of the read-only portions (or a calculated hash of the downloaded image) and the reference hash of the read-only portions. The boot firmware completes the boot of the firmware based at least on the read-only portions (or the downloaded image) being validated.

Abstract: An electronic package and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, in which a first barrier body and a second barrier body are disposed respectively, and a heat dissipation structure is formed with a hole thereon. Thereby, gas in the heat dissipation structure can be discharged via the hole, so as to prevent the gas from remaining in a thermal conductive layer and affecting the heat dissipation effect.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an electrical apparatus, including a substrate, a plurality of gate driver units and a plurality of gate lines. The gate driver units are disposed on the substrate. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate. Each of the gate lines is respectively electrically connected to the corresponding gate driver unit. Each of the gate lines is configured to transmit a respective gate signal. The gate lines include a first gate line and a second gate line. The first gate line and the second gate line are configured to transmit the respective gate signals at a same time.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection apparatus and method for fabricating the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the ESD protection apparatus, comprises: an internal circuit patterned in a device wafer and electrically coupled between a first node and a second node, an array of electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuits patterned in a carrier wafer, where the ESD circuits are electrically coupled between a first node and a second node and configured to protect the internal circuit from transient ESD events, and where the device wafer is bonded to the carrier wafer.

Abstract: An image processing method for a video processor, for generating an extrapolated frame according to a previous frame and a current frame, includes steps of: projecting a plurality of motion vectors (MVs) to the extrapolated frame subsequent to the current frame; determining whether a block of the extrapolated frame is projected by at least two of the MVs; selecting at least two candidate MVs from the MVs projected to the block when the block is projected by at least two of the MVs; calculating a blended MV which is a mixture of the at least two candidate MVs, and projecting the blended MV to the previous frame; obtaining a reference MV corresponding to position of the previous frame projected by the blended MV; and comparing the reference MV with the at least two candidate MVs, to select a final MV for the block from the at least two candidate MVs.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface, a first side surface and a second side surface, wherein the first side surface and the second side surface of the substrate are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the top surface of the substrate; a semiconductor stack formed on the top surface of the substrate, the semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer formed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a first electrode pad formed adjacent to a first edge of the light-emitting device; and a second electrode pad formed adjacent to a second edge of the light-emitting device, wherein in a top view of the light-emitting device, the first edge and the second edge are formed on different sides or opposite sides of the light-emitting device, the first semiconductor layer adjacent to the first edge includes a first sidewall directly connected to the first side surface of the substrate,

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active area between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer including an upper surface; an exposed region formed in the semiconductor stack to expose the upper surface; a first protective layer covering the exposed region and a portion of the second semiconductor layer, wherein the first protective layer includes a first part with a first thickness formed on the upper surface and a second part with a second thickness formed on the second semiconductor layer, the first thickness is smaller than the second thickness; a first reflective structure formed on the second semiconductor layer and including one or multiple openings; and a second reflective structure formed on the first reflective structure and electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer through the one or multiple openings.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a package device and a manufacturing method thereof. The package device includes an electronic device, a conductive pad having a first bottom surface, and a redistribution layer disposed between the conductive pad and the electronic device. The redistribution layer has a second bottom surface, and the conductive pad is electrically connected to the electronic device through the redistribution layer. The first bottom surface is closer to the electronic device than the second bottom in a normal direction of the electronic device.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a master-slave robot arm control system and method. The control method includes steps of: (a) providing a master and a slave robot arms; (b) executing a robot arm demonstration task, wherein the step (b) includes steps of: (b1) utilizing the slave robot arm to output a force feedback; (b2) generating an action command by operating the master robot arm; (b3) calculating and generating a movement command; (b4) controlling the slave robot arm to move and to generate a movement trajectory and the force feedback correspondingly; (c) repeating the step (b) to collect a plurality of movement trajectories of the slave robot arm; (d) utilizing a statistic module to analyze the plurality of movement trajectories; (e) generating an optimized trajectory of the slave robot arm; and (f) controlling the slave robot arm to execute a robot arm task.

Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a circuit layer, an electronic element and a thermal conducting element. The electronic element is disposed on the circuit layer and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The thermal conducting element is disposed between the circuit layer and the electronic element. The thermal conducting element is used for performing heat exchange with the electronic element.

Abstract: A light-emitting device including a semiconductor stack generating a first light, and a filter formed on the semiconductor stack, including a first surface facing the semiconductor stack and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The filter includes pairs of layers with different refractive indexes alternately stacked. A portion of the first light is transmitted by the filter. The light emitting device emits a second light including the portion of the first light, and the second light includes a first directional part with a first FWHM and a second directional part with a second FWHM smaller than the first FWHM. The first directional part has a first angle with a normal direction of the second surface in a range of 45-90 degrees and the second directional part having a second angle with the normal direction of the second surface in a range of 0-30 degrees.

Abstract: An image processing method for a video processor for generating an interpolated frame includes steps of: receiving a segmentation map comprising a plurality of segmentation flags; generating an original motion vector (MV) for a first block of the interpolated frame; determining whether to label the first block as a segmentation boundary according to the plurality of segmentation flags in an area corresponding to the first block; generating a correction MV for the first block when the first block is labeled as the segmentation boundary; determining whether the first block is in a cover area or an uncover area according to the correction MV; and selecting a final MV for a specific pixel of the first block from the original MV and the correction MV according to the segmentation map and according to whether the first block is determined to be in the cover area or the uncover area.